Cookie's Corner by vinita Clark
Hi there everybody it's \ our "lutlcold Cookie" again from the big
little townoi Pembroke 1 hope that >ouha\chad a great week I would
like to sax a special "thank you" to the many people that 1 have
encountered lately w ho ha\c taken time to speak to me and tell inc that
they enjoy my column 1 try scry hard to write from my heart for that is
a language that everyone understands
Our Miss North Carolina
Our Miss North Carolina. Rebekah Rcvclsdid extremely well on
Dr Phil this past week You could see her attorney Barry NakeRsitting
in the very front row 1 know that it was taped after ihc pageant and before
the current court eases in the news 1 am proud of her for standing her
ground There arc many Lumbccs who wish they could catch her cxfiance
in Pembroke one good time. 1 really think she is going to go far
in life and that she will be the scry first Vliss North Carolina who will be
remembered as the one "w ho stood up for w hat she belies cd in " So far
the only rebuttal coincs m the new sletter "The Cherokee One Feather"
as they try to defend the man who cost Rebekah her place on the stage
of Miss America 1 really think that "this is the lowest" that 1 has c ever
seen anyone go 1 read the email and it appears that the Miss North
Carolina Organization docs not svant the public to know about the many
y oung ladies ss ho sscrc living ss ith their boy friends sshen they won the
cross n and sverc told that they could no longer live svith them They arc
acting like she is the only one that ever did anything wrong Arc they
dumb enough to think that everyone on the stage of Miss America is
a "\ irgin?" If they do then they arc "stuck on STUPID1" The NCO
should have inv estigated the email and required proof of the actual
pictures before they told her to either resign or be terminated You go
Rebekah. your people arc behind you1
I. am bee A ssistan ce
lam pleased to tell sou that one of the three people that I wrote
about in the editorial regarding Lumbcc Housing has finally received
some assistance The West family from Maxton w hom 1 have know n
since Miss Viola was w ith inc inS ATW 1983 finally got a ramp for her
husband and now he can go out into the yard without her worrying. You
see. there arc sometimes in life that it pays to bring things to the attention
of the public 1 am glad that 1 could help somebody
1 have been try ing to get into the WIA program so that I could
better myself svith a good work history for more years than 1 can count
1 used to write grants and w anted to get back into practice The last grant
1 got w as 4 5 mi 11 ion for the Senior Citi/ens Action Group As svel 1 as 1 am
known. I can't get my foot through the frontdoor. The management will
not return my calls either. 1 have tried for sex cral years nosv and the
people w ill violate their own procedures and regulations before they
give me the time of day. It doesn't matter to them that I am "qualified."
They have had workers in their own offices with the same kind of income
that I have working a 40 hoursveck. 1 havcbecntold that the WI A will
not put anyone out at the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center because
of the previous management. To me. that is unfair because Corbin
Eddings is one of the most honest men that I know of People tell the
truth and cannot get anything and when others lie, they can get
everything.
To those of you w ho enjoy my column I w ant to leave you svith
a smile on your face today. Especially Ms. Clarr Jacobs and Ms Gladys
Pierce that I talked to this past week and told me" I sure do enjoy Cookie's
Corner" So. here is a memory that even makes me laugh.
"I'm not scared of dead people anymore"
1 met a man before my brother died named "Brother Billy" while
visiting in the home of the late Violet Locklear, who was a friend of the
family when I heard this about my brother. "Aren't you Doug Maynor's
sister?" he asked. When I nodded my head "yes." He continued, "well,
let me tell you about your brother. I was attending church down at Pee
Dee and your brother w as in charge of the brotherhood at the church.
One night when we met. the lights went out in the church. We alreadyhad
on our robes when Brother Doug told us that we would go outside
and pray Well, we all went outside as he lead us across the highway to
the field We kept on w alking and therrwc stopped Hctold us to spread
out and kneel down. Sister Cookie, let me tell you that I was always
seared of dead people until that night. I couldn't even go into a funeral
home and into the casket room or where they kept the bodies. When
I knelt down, my knee sunk down into the dirt and I didn't know where
I was at because is was a quarter moon that night and the sky was so
dark, it looked like the stars were not even there. As 1 was kneeling
down praying there were several cars coming around the curve, and
when their head lights hit us, they sped up. This old black man, we call
"stickcm in the mud" came along on his bicycle and when he looked up
at us on the hill, he got off of his bicycle, put it on is back and took off
running. And 1 couldn't figure out what in the world was happening.
1 didn't want to get up and disturb the others However, the wind went
to blow ing and a branch from an old tree broke off and hit something.
Suddenly, the lights came back on in the church and I felt the branch
land at my feet. I stood up and could see that Brother Doug had led us
not into the field but into a grave yard. Several minutes later. Brother
Doug led us back into the church I got up and said "Brother Doug. 1 love
you and you know it But. it doesn't say anything in the Bible about
going into a graveyard to pray!"
If there is anyone that knew Doug, then you also knew that this
sounded just like something he would do. It reminded me ofthe days that
he had that old blue and white Chevy that he painted with green barn
paint and w ould drive through Pembroke beating a drum and doing a
Indian war cry. When I rode with him, I couldn't sink down in the seat
fast enough so that I would not be seen Docs anyone rcmcmberthc van
he had that he painted and put chicken claw tracks and Bible verses on
it? That was one ride that got attention. I can also tell you of the times
that the picked me up from PSHS on his Honda dirt bike and would ride
down through the bean fields with it trying to scare me
IhopctosecsomeofyouatGloryiand. Ifyounecddirectionscall
thepastorat 843-8384.
Now, you havea good week and I will seeyou next time in my little
corner of the world Smile for me one time That's good now go and give
a smile to someone else.
Mclntyre Announces
$750,000 for Job Creation
Washington. D C -U S Representative Mike Mclntyre announced
today $750,000 in federal funds for job creation has been approved for
Lumbcc River EMC
Congressman Mel ntvre stated. "This is great news for job creation
in Robeson County! We need jobs and this money will certainly help
Attracting new arid stable businesses is the key to our economic recovery.
and these funds will help do that
Congratulations to all folks at Lumbce River EMC for their work in
this matter."
These congressionally-approved funds for Lumbcc River EMC will
be used to enhance their revolving loan fund The Lumbcc River fund
will provide aid to different types of economic activities and will consist
of flexible loan packages and management assistance to prospective
businesses, especially those that have not been able to secure
financing from conventional sources. The funds were secured from a
loan through the United states Department of Agricultural Rural development
.
Congressman Mclntyre is a member of the House Agriculture Committee.
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